TV drama
Inside the Big Issue: EastEnders at 40
Inside the Big Issue: EastEnders at 40
We’ve gone on a hunt for the real Albert Square – from Walthamstow to Dalston to Stratford. In this week’s issue, we reveal what we found
Emmerdale star talks taking on a father’s agony in missing person story: ‘I hope it makes people think’
Emmerdale star talks taking on a father’s agony in missing person story: ‘I hope it makes people think’
Sixteen-year-old April Windsor is missing in ITV’s Emmerdale. Big Issue chats to actor Mark Charnock, who plays her father Marlon Dingle, about representing the agony faced by the families of missing people
Rivals and the joy of Jilly Cooper: ‘No other author writes about sex as freely or courageously’
Rivals and the joy of Jilly Cooper: ‘No other author writes about sex as freely or courageously’
‘The sexual chemistry between characters leaps off the page and smoulders on screen,’ says author and Jilly Cooper aficionado Daisy Buchanan
Supacell star Calvin Demba on race, male bravado and breaking the modern superhero formula
Supacell star Calvin Demba on race, male bravado and breaking the modern superhero formula
Dopesick star Kaitlyn Dever: ‘I realised I can create change with the roles I choose’
Dopesick star Kaitlyn Dever: ‘I realised I can create change with the roles I choose’
‘It’s always a good time for music somewhere’: Kae Tempest talks 80s unrest and new drama This Town
‘It’s always a good time for music somewhere’: Kae Tempest talks 80s unrest and new drama This Town
Breathtaking and The Way: These are the next Mr Bates-style TV dramas poised to shake-up Britain
Breathtaking and The Way: These are the next Mr Bates-style TV dramas poised to shake-up Britain
Domino Day star Siena Kelly: ‘The society we live in turns powerful women into monsters’
Domino Day star Siena Kelly: ‘The society we live in turns powerful women into monsters’
Truelove star Lindsay Duncan: ‘What’s happening in the UK is shameful. There’s serious neglect’
Truelove star Lindsay Duncan: ‘What’s happening in the UK is shameful. There’s serious neglect’
The Newsreader star Anna Torv on how hit drama explores journalistic ethics in changing times
The Newsreader star Anna Torv on how hit drama explores journalistic ethics in changing times
Interview with the Vampire star Jacob Anderson on Game of Thrones, racism and living forever
Interview with the Vampire star Jacob Anderson on Game of Thrones, racism and living forever
Fifteen-Love’s Ella Lily Hyland: ‘I’m interested to tell the stories of working-class Ireland’
Fifteen-Love’s Ella Lily Hyland: ‘I’m interested to tell the stories of working-class Ireland’
Succession season four: The best moments, characters, and ending theories from the Big Issue’s writers
Succession season four: The best moments, characters, and ending theories from the Big Issue’s writers
Melanie Lynskey: ‘It’s such an exciting time for roles for women and one of our greatest actors is not here to make the most of it’
Melanie Lynskey: ‘It’s such an exciting time for roles for women and one of our greatest actors is not here to make the most of it’
Gary Lineker had the government scared. They should have been worrying about Casualty
Gary Lineker had the government scared. They should have been worrying about Casualty
Leila Farzad: I didn’t see people that looked like me on TV growing up
Leila Farzad: I didn’t see people that looked like me on TV growing up
LGBT+ history month: 11 essential TV shows from Queer As Folk to The Last Of Us
LGBT+ history month: 11 essential TV shows from Queer As Folk to The Last Of Us
The Crown: Does season 5 go too far in dramatising Royal Family trauma?
The Crown: Does season 5 go too far in dramatising Royal Family trauma?
Why now is the perfect time to rewatch Our Friends In The North – one of the greatest TV series of all time
Why now is the perfect time to rewatch Our Friends In The North – one of the greatest TV series of all time
This England: Does Kenneth Branagh let Boris Johnson off the hook?
This England: Does Kenneth Branagh let Boris Johnson off the hook?
‘I just want to represent real people’ – Lydia West talks Inside Man, It’s A Sin and the cost-of-living crisis
‘I just want to represent real people’ – Lydia West talks Inside Man, It’s A Sin and the cost-of-living crisis
Malcolm McDowell: Kubrick would be shocked at commercialisation of A Clockwork Orange
Malcolm McDowell: Kubrick would be shocked at commercialisation of A Clockwork Orange
Sean Bean and Nicola Walker’s Marriage makes me feel like part of a Hollywood power couple
Sean Bean and Nicola Walker’s Marriage makes me feel like part of a Hollywood power couple
Aidan Turner: ‘It does feel like there is change happening’
